Code: 58921
Date: 1637
Long title: Brecknoc Comitaus pars Olim Silurum. Copper engraving with later hand colouring. Overall size : 36.2cms x 31.7cms ; Image size : 307mm x 263mm. Title in cartouche. Scale of distance. Includes parts of Cardigan, Radnor,Carmarden,Glamorgan and Herefordshire. Centre fold. Watermarked paper. Two margin tips top and bottom map re-instated and two wormholes at neatline repaired on verso; three remnants of tape top margin on verso from previous framing else good condition.
These maps are the first county maps where each county is delineated on a separate sheet. They were prepared by William Kip and William Hole for William Camden’s famous work ,’Britannia’ and were based, in the main, on the maps of Saxton and Norden.
